Monthly Archives: March 2013

this is my apple pie recipe, part 3 of the spring breakers challenge! if you are looking for a healthier version of apple pie, this is it. and this is amazing. it wasn’t that hard to make, and it was loved by everybody.

first, we are starting with the dough/pie crust. you want to get the pan you are putting the pie in and put olive oil or a cooking spray to keep it from sticking to the pan. then add 1/8c of flour (not part of the 2-3/4c of flour in the ingredients.) and cover the pan evenly.

add the flour and the salt in a mixing bowl and mix together.

then add in the oil and the milk.

next, use your hands to mix it together into a firm dough.

place it on cling wrap and push it down a bit. then cover it with another piece of cling wrap and stick it in the freezer for a bit. after about 10 minutes, take it out, flatten it, and place it on the pan. flatten it out, but not too thin so it won’t break.

cut out the extra pieces of dough and place those back on the cling wrap and into the fridge. in the freezer, stick the pan with the dough on it.

preheat the oven to 350F. and in the meantime, mix all the ingredients for the filling in a separate bowl.

take out the pie from the freezer, and the extra dough from the fridge. pour the apples and mixture onto the pan.

cut out thin strips from the dough and cover the apple pie. you can do the lattice stripes design or just a plain one. there are so many ways to decorate pie.

OPTIONAL BUT RECCOMENED. to get a golden color on the pie, mix one egg and a tablespoon of milk together and brush it on the dough on top of the pie. this way, the pie gets a golden color out of the oven.

Place it in the oven for an hour.

This pie is great for thanksgiving and for apple-pie-obssessed-grandparents haha.

Freeze the bananas for about an hour. Get your almonds and put them through a blender to ground them, you should have 3/4c. Next mix the melted peanut butter and the almonds together on a pie pan. It may be sticky and gooey so be careful. evenly coat the pan. You may need more or less ‘crust ingredients’ to fill your pan. (My pan had a diameter of about 9in.) Stick the pan in the freezer to harden the crust. Take out the bananas and stick all the ‘filling ingredients’ in a blender. If you find it hard to mix the bananas, add small amounts of milk at a time. After about fifteen minutes, take the pie crust out and pour on the frozen bananas. freeze for another thirty-forty minutes before serving.

*store in the freezer when you are done. Make sure that you take it out fifteen minutes before you are about to serve it to let the pie thaw a bit.

HAPPY SPRING. Today I have a refreshing treat! (and some awesome news below.) It is a watermelon-orange-strawberry juice.

It is wonderfully delicious and refreshing. And a great drink to detox after last night. My friend had a candy themed birthday party. She had all my favorites, rock candy, sour candy, skittles. Yesterday was my 20%, my YOLO meal, my CHEAT MEAL. Don’t judge. haha. but today I need something light. So I came up with this recipe. enjoy!

ingredients for the watermelon detox juice!

about a cup of chopped watermelon
handful of strawberries
one stalk of celery
and one orange

Directions!

turn on your juicer and start dropping in the watermelon, strawberries, celery, and (peeled and cut) orange. Question. can you put a full orange, peel and all in a juicer? I mean it does squeeze out the juice, hmm. These are the questions that haunt me.

it came out really nice and refreshing.

something I should note,

*if you don’t like the taste of celery, but you still want to add it in for the vitamins, only do like a quarter of a piece. I used half and it came out really strong, but i didn’t mind because I love it or you can double up on the other fruits.

*feel free to add more fruits. i wanted a simple juice, but throw in some more fruits, like mangoes, bananas, maybe even an apple.

I hope you guys liked this.

IMPORTANT NOTE!

I will be doing a Spring Break Challenge , every day from Monday, March 25- Friday, March 29, I will be posting new recipes YAY. I am so excited.

If you haven’t subscribed yet, please do. especially because of all the goodies coming this week. It’s probably one post a day, but who knows, maybe more! we will just have to see!

This is a great recipe. Oh my, so good. I had it today for lunch with tilapia. You can also make it in a wrap, which is what I made on Wednesday for lunch. This is a delicious side dish. If you love chickpeas, i urge you to try!

Ingredients!

all the ingredients are pretty much measured to taste, but i will include some measurements. feel free to change.

The Salad

1c of chickpeas
1c of spinach
2 slices of tomato
1/4c or less of chopped onions

Mix all the ingredients in the salad together in a bowl. Then mix the salad dressing in another bowl until it becomes a dressing like texture. Pour the dressing on the chickpeas(and tomato, and onion, and spinach) and mix it together well.